Relatives of UPAers
Hana Cannon
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We interviewed Hana Cannon in the home she shared with her sister, Abby Donnely, out in the country hideaway, Sequim, up-state Washington, in 2005.
Assistance: Abby Donnely
Hana Cannon is the eldest daughter of the legendary animation director, Robert āBobeā Cannon. Hana may be the ultimate biographer of her father, but she has also had a long career in animation production and feature length live action, plus screen writing and publishing her own novel.
Hana Cannon is part of the Bobe Tied Up scene
Nick Bosustow
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We interviewed Nick Bosustow at a holiday retreat in Palm Springs, California in 2007.
Nick Bosustow is one of two sons of Steve Bosustow, and was his partner at Stephen Bosustow Productions, for 17, producing award-winning entertainment and educational films. Nick gives a fascinating inside look at the man who ran UPA during its āgolden era.”
Nick also won an Oscar in 1971 for Always Right to be Right?
Tony Eastman
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We interviewed Tony Eastman at his home studio in up-state New York in 2006.
Tony Eastman, son of pioneering UPA writer, Phil Eastman, remembers his fatherās collaborations with director John Hubley, and the dark days of the McCarthy era. Tony has gone into the animation world as well, but has worked in the graphics end of the business, as well as writing.
He has also created childrenās books.
Lee Klynn
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We interviewed Lee Klynn at his home in the lovely little town of Los Altos, south of San Francisco, in 2003.
We couldnāt find a picture of Lee, and yet he was among our very favorite interviews. Beside the intervie, he also showed us some of the paintings his father did, and he was a very accomplished artist, indeed.
Bruce Burness
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We interviewed Bruce Burness in his race car design shop in Pasadena in 2004.
Assistance: Jerry Beck and Amid Amidi
Bruce Burness, son of director, Pete Burness, is a racecar designer, who got his start as a teenager, working on the exotic cars of various artists at UPA. He showed us an amazing collection of UPA cells, drawings, backgrounds, and other material collected by his father.Ā In the picture weāve attached, heās talking about this original 1949 background from the very first Mr. Magoo short, Ragtime Bear, from Peteās collection.
Bruce Burness is part of an unreleased scene.
Gerry Woolery
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We interviewed Gerry Woolery at his lakeside home overlooking Puget Sound and the Cascade mountain range, in Washington State in 2005.
Assistance: Hana Cannon
Gerry Woolery is one of the two sons of Adrian Woolery, UPAs first production manager. Ade then went on to found Playhouse Pictures in Hollywood. Gerry has some great stories of his childhood at UPA, and later working with Bobe Cannon at Playhouse. Herb Klynn told Gerry that Gerald McBoing Boing was named after him, as he was
playing around the UPA offices with Christopher Cannon when both were 7 years old.
